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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2024 13:42:39 GMT -5
Well, if the Red Sox are not interested in signing any of the remaining free agents and dealing with Boraand are looking to save money, maybe one of the Sox Prospects readers if they bat right-handed might fit the bill. Do you think they might extend a non-roster invitation to Spring Training for one of us?? lol Cue John Fogerty's Centerfield. While interested, they just weren't able to match up with any of us, financially.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2024 13:04:11 GMT -5
Turner was a good hitter last year but he also put up 1.2 fWAR in 146 games as a 38 year old. Am I missing something here? He has no ability to play the field anymore. Yeah, but if not him then those at bats are probably going to Bobby Dalbec And I'm fine with that, ya know? I mean...sure Dalbec might literally might have a 50% K rate next season - but here's the thing: he's cheap. And that has value to the Red Sox. In fact, it's the most important thing in the world now, apparently.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 23, 2024 23:21:25 GMT -5
Excited to see all the reasons why the guy the board has said is a perfect fit, was not actually a good fit at all.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 22, 2024 23:53:19 GMT -5
Wait, Paxton was interested in making money? No wonder we didn't sign him back. When you think you know someone, ya know?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 22, 2024 19:36:55 GMT -5
Tom Werner isn't signing up to get publicly humiliated unless he's pretty damn sure they're not actually spending any money. Don't let these reports get your hopes up. Right? For a team that is very mindful of how things are portrayed in the media, there is no way they take the beating they have over the last few weeks if they could have avoided it.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 19, 2024 18:56:02 GMT -5
Also - How weird that this comment happens just a couple days after the deadline for Season Ticket renewals. What a weird coincidence!
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 19, 2024 18:51:29 GMT -5
Who's gonna start the Cotillo apology thread? I'm assuming salami won't - but it damn well needs to be someone.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 17, 2024 12:57:07 GMT -5
Even if they never had a shot at the top guys, I think you could have jury-rigged a plausible contender by taking the 2013 route, plugging your holes with middle-class free agents on 2-3 year deals, and hoping for steps forward from a few of the young guys mentioned above. That's how a big market team should be looking to "bridge" to whenever they think the window of contention is really going to open. I guess you could still go that route, but a lot of palatable options are off the table now. It's why not being involved with Seth Lugo or E-Rod is still so baffling. Like, at the time the thought was that we were in for bigger names. Now? I really don't know why we weren't interested in two pitchers that would be the best on our staff had we signed them.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 16, 2024 17:12:55 GMT -5
[/b] that makes zero sense and I have no damn clue how you got that...[/quote] You don't see how pointing out that the same team we have today is the same crappy team we had at the end of last year, all while saying that Breslow was free to sign any contract he wanted is a shot at him? Seems pretty obvious to me that he's tired of all the talk about ownership being too cheap to put a quality team on the field, when Breslow could have been spending this entire time if he wanted to. [/quote] no.... you are reading way to much into it[/quote] Which is what someone who literally has never had a bad thing about the Front Office would say. So we know his target audience will just eat this stuff up.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 16, 2024 17:07:48 GMT -5
Seems pretty obvious they don't feel bad for having high expectations. But this quote stands out, "We certainly aren’t happy with the current roster as it was at the end of last year." Considering "that" team, is still almost entirely "this" team...it certainly looks like the honeymoon is over between Ownership and Breslow.[/b] that makes zero sense and I have no damn clue how you got that...[/quote] You don't see how pointing out that the same team we have today is the same crappy team we had at the end of last year, all while saying that Breslow was free to sign any contract he wanted is a shot at him? Seems pretty obvious to me that he's tired of all the talk about ownership being too cheap to put a quality team on the field, when Breslow could have been spending this entire time if he wanted to.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 16, 2024 17:00:57 GMT -5
Seems pretty obvious they don't feel bad for having high expectations. But this quote stands out, "We certainly aren’t happy with the current roster as it was at the end of last year."
Considering "that" team, is still almost entirely "this" team...it certainly looks like the honeymoon is over between Ownership and Breslow.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 16, 2024 14:49:02 GMT -5
This is hilarious. Some people here correctly identified pretty early in the off-season that the Sox weren't going to try and compete this year, but were called names and told that it was "too early" in the off-season to even start talking like that. Now that the Sox have failed to improve, and are really only looking at marginal changes, anyone who dares disagree with the strategy is being called names, because "of course" this is the best thing to do right now....
It would be amazing, if it weren't so sad...
EDIT: and of course this doesn't even mention Cotillo being absolutely raked over the coals for telling the truth this off-season.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 11, 2024 23:32:46 GMT -5
Are the tigers a file and trial team?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 11, 2024 21:16:40 GMT -5
Remaining FA starters with a fWAR projection that is arguably better than at least one of the Red Sox' current five best starters: Snell - 3.3 Montgomery - 3.2 Paxton - 2.3 Ryu - 1.8 Wait, that's it?!?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 11, 2024 21:15:44 GMT -5
Didn't want him at all, honestly. Hopefully that contract means the market is actually softening though.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 11, 2024 12:51:04 GMT -5
Buster Olney Prediction: The Red Sox will do something aggressive and expensive Red Sox chairman Tom Werner told reporters his team was ready to go "full throttle" at the time they hired Craig Breslow, and while Boston's longshot attempt to sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn't work out, there are plenty of other investment opportunities available, from Snell to Montgomery to a possible trade for Cease. If the Red Sox don't do something big, Werner's words will become the backbone narrative of their 2024 season. If they struggle to contend in a tough AL East -- as expected -- then Breslow's launch in his new job will be sabotaged; as manager Alex Cora's contract drifts toward expiration, the team will again be giving away tickets to college students in September. The Red Sox will make a big move for the same reason they spent huge dollars on Rafael Devers: They have no choice. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39272778/mlb-free-agency-trades-bold-predictions-offseason-2023-24It's going to be great when the Red Sox do make a major acquisition and their payroll pushes toward the first CBT threshold and everyone thinks it was because they shamed the billionaire into doing it and not because it is exactly what they said they would do. If this ends up happening, and I doubt it will at this point, it won't be because they got shamed in it - it will be because the tickets sales are way down from what they expected it to be
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 20:30:13 GMT -5
I also forgot about him
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 20:27:12 GMT -5
Floating this out there, not asking what you would do, or injecting my opinion, do you think the Red Sox would take a flyer on one of the two Dodger reclamation projects, Bauer or Urias. Urias still has a ways to go in the legal system but wont face a felony charge. I think with the pushback that the Bruins got last year, and with the FO being absolutely petrified of bad PR, I don't see it happening.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:34:49 GMT -5
They did the town hall thing once and it went horribly. They were punching bags and got booed and all that and all it did was generate even worse press/vibes. It only made things worse, it would make no sense to do it again, no one wins except like the one fan who feels good because he was mean to the owners of the team. I could be mistaken, but isn't this something that they have done every single year? I know the Bruins have done it every year, without fail, and I thought the Sox have done the same. If I'm mistaken I apologize.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:33:00 GMT -5
I don't think it's me who's missing the point, bud. The FO got pushback for how terribly they have been running the team over the last few years, and intsead of fixing it they are just canceling the event. It's cowardly. LOL..... So you think those "fans" acted in an acceptable manner? If you think that was "pushback" you have no idea what you are talking about... Again go read the dozens of articles from the day of the event and tell me those fans acted like adults I literally couldn't tell you what happened, other than the people in the crowd jeered them. Did they start a riot or throw things, and it just wasn't reported? I know this may come as a shock to you, but I don't remember every time John Henry gets made fun of in a crowd...
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:28:13 GMT -5
So people aren't "fans" if they don't tow the line? What a terrible opinion to have. You should feel bad for having it, to be honest. Actually I have an idea, they can just have you go up there and do the Q&A. You literally haven't let a single negative post go without comment all off-season. At least you're not a coward, so kudos for that. No. And you are missing the damn point. Go look up articles of how certain fans behaved at last year's event and tell me they (those fans) did not act like children. And if you think those fans showed acceptable behavior that says more about you. those "fans" (notice the " ") ruined it for everyone by acting like children... I don't think it's me who's missing the point, bud. The FO got pushback for how terribly they have been running the team over the last few years, and intsead of fixing it they are just canceling the event. It's cowardly.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:23:04 GMT -5
So people aren't "fans" if they don't toe the line? What a terrible opinion to have. You should feel bad for having it, to be honest. Actually I have an idea, they can just have you go up there and do the Q&A. You literally haven't let a single negative post go without comment all off-season. At least you're not a coward, so kudos for that. ”toe the line” get over yourself dude. it’s large men hitting a ball with a stick. it’s not that deep Who was planning on hitting the ball with a stick at the Q&A?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:12:56 GMT -5
I see this as they're admitting they've totally screwed up this off-season. If things were going as planned they would 100% get up there and tell us how wrong we are, and they are fully behind what's going on. They're in over their head and are cowards to boot. Nope. They saw the shitshow of how certain “fans” behaved last year and thought better of having it. So people aren't "fans" if they don't tow the line? What a terrible opinion to have. You should feel bad for having it, to be honest. Actually I have an idea, they can just have you go up there and do the Q&A. You literally haven't let a single negative post go without comment all off-season. At least you're not a coward, so kudos for that.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 19:02:47 GMT -5
I see this as they're admitting they've totally screwed up this off-season. If things were going as planned they would 100% get up there and tell us how wrong we are, and they are fully behind what's going on. They're in over their head and are cowards to boot.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 10, 2024 14:14:41 GMT -5
We're a worse team today than the team that finished the year in last place. We're not close yet. I don’t agree with that at all, to be honest. I would far rather have Giolito than Sale. I would say the pitching is not necessarily better in terms of ceiling, but it is a touch more reliable. I also think Grissom might be huge. I mean, I feel like we should be excited to have gotten a possible 2b of the future. I’m as content with O’Neill as I was with Verdugo. Losing the latter is pretty meaningless as far as I’m concerned. I’m not going to say they have done all they needed by any stretch. But I don’t think they are worse. I would add as a last thing that we might expect to see improvement in a few key guys, especially Casas. You didn't mention losing Turner, Duvall or Paxton in that. And on a team that was already SEVERELY lacking in Inning Pitched, we have are still missing over 100 from that. We won't start the season without addressing a few of those things, but TODAY they are worse and I don't even think it's debateable.
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